Kristi Richardson

Within a week in October 2014, the case of Kristi Richardson went from a missing person case to being possibly a criminal action.

Kristi Richardson was last seen on the evening of Oct. 6, 2014, and was reported missing the next day.

In his order, Natrona County District Court Judge Thomas Sullins wrote the Public Records Act has the goal of disclosure and not secrecy, but there is an exception.

Lovcom wants the Wyoming DCI to show why it will not release records about how the Casper Police Department handled the investigations of Richardson and McMurry.

Lovcom attorney Bruce Moats argued information gleaned from those depositions is in the public interest and would not interfere with the investigation by the DCI.

According to Lovcom, "The residents of Casper have a particular need to know how their police department handled the investigations of these important cases."

The Richardson family has offered a reward of $250,000 for information leading to the conviction of persons or persons involved in her disappearance.

Judge Thomas Sullins will review the records of the investigations and later hold a hearing to determine whether they should be made public. He denied the motion from Lovcom asking the DCI to provide a log, or index, of the investigations to the public.

The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation has said providing the records and the the log of the records -- basically an index of the investigations -- could jeopardize its work.

Kristi Richardson was last seen on Oct. 6, 2014.